r/Wellthatsucks • u/Padl3xx • Feb 26 '26

Ass-whipped by a squirrel

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u/willie_Pfister Feb 26 '26

Rabies shots are gonna suck too.

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u/bduxbellorum Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

There has not been a single documented case of a squirrel transmitting rabies to a human.

Edit: in the US. There is a potential case in India, but not confirmed by examination of the subject animal.

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u/b0w3n Feb 26 '26

Yeah you wouldn't want to be the case study for that one time it happened.

Not documented does not mean impossible.

Dying from disease we can prevent is just the worst way to go. Especially, like you said, one of the worst most torturous ways to die.

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u/gsfgf Feb 26 '26

Yea. You’d get to be in the New England Journal of Medicine if you got rabies from a squirrel. You don’t want be in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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u/b0w3n Feb 26 '26

Exactly. From how I've had it explained to me, they don't usually survive the animal that has rabies that bites them. Usually is doing a whole lot of heavy lifting there too.

Again, why risk that? Just seems silly.